it takes more then two to tango it appears as the world powers again disagree on an iranian nuclear deal and sanctions looks set to be sharpened further to the delight of israel. syria is given a new timetable for chemical disarmament but road blocks emerged with no countries willing to host of the destruction operations. twelve years of scandal and no end in sight one ton of obey lived to see another anniversary even as america's most decorated former generals speak out against it i'll report from inside the facility in a few minutes. and more than just a nuisance a debate in the u.k. over a new open ended law that could make the right to hold peaceful protests a thing of the past.

recapping our week's top stories live from our studios in moscow d.c. is our team with you with us. now hopes of reconciliation are on hold for you ron with crippling sanctions still in place and opposing powers are lining up against it despite all the smiles and handshakes the u.s. is renewing its trade restrictions and even considering toughening them meanwhile iran's most outspoken critic of israel seems to have a new partner in france which shot down last week's tentative deal with geneva more details from watching is to ban let's say the pieces i mean place. we have time and again said that i know no circumstances would we seek any weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons nor will we ever wrong and how you.

operate with respect to this connectivities to appear and that they can by going. to meet all of all present and party. woman or words flowing relations yet just as the deal in geneva was on the cons between the world policies and iran came concern from france a surprise move that stalled the talks but and friends new friends in israel who'd been the traditional stumbling block up to now still small ting from the threats and intense rhetoric of the recent past is will refuses to budge that's a bad deal it's a dangerous. because it keeps iran as a nuclear threshold nation. we are not blind and i don't think we're stupid as well the main bargaining chips the sanctions lightning could prove the deal may come but congress is having none of it putting president obama in

a tough spot i think rouhani has staked his position on the idea that he can improve relations with the rest of the world and so far he's been saying a lot of the right things to fire the privacy for israel to be very wary as well of any kind of. talk from the iranians and then there's the bargaining hammam israel building most subtle moments when things don't go its way approving more units only last month leaving us congress to get trigger happy with more sanctions don't draw us into a bad deal with iran we already know how israel's benjamin netanyahu feels advocating his case on twitter through yet another colorful graphic presentation and the red carpet will be rolled out for its new found friends friends present it's tough to predict whether the p five plus one will equal unity when they get back around the

table next week in geneva. with a moscow trying to forecast or gerald celente believes the arms sales were one of the main reasons why france broke ranks in geneva france does a lot of business and wants to continue to do more business with the arab states particularly the saudis in selling them weapons and of course they have a long history as they did during the iraq. supplying weapons in that those days to iraq these are the arab nations the sunni nations who look upon iran shia iran as a mortal enemy france has at least three hundred nuclear weapons and they're telling iran that they can't do anything look who invaded mali the french can't get over their colonial trip and its new colonialism. europe could

be sitting on a jihad as to time bomb. coming up we report on how al qaeda is winning new recruits in the e.u. has radicalized to citizens head to the middle east to join the ranks of terrorists . also u.k. home office tactics against illegal immigrants now seem to include text spamming but it's not always illegals who are being told to go home. this week the international chemical watchdog unveiled a challenging road map for syria's decommissioning program the end of june next year has been set as the moment of truth when syria has to declare itself a chemical arms free country the organization says that so far damascus has proved to be a reliable partner working hard on meeting every deadline but despite the positive momentum major stumbling blocks could be looking on the country's road to chemical disarmament as artie's policy or explained. it would banking on albania to take

these weapons in and albania has since indicated that it will not be party to this now this decision in this announcement by albania came as a shock to the united states and the european union of the union is seen as a very strong partner with a so-called unshakeable alliance to the waste it is also a very poor country but they will wide scale protests in albania with people saying that they refuse to allow their government to be party to taking in the weapons from syria now the problem is that only a norway also indicated that it would not allow these weapons to be brought to its soul no way however saying that it will send a ship that will help with transferring the weapons to wherever they are taken but this is the problem it's not clear where in fact they will be taken and the latest word from the united states is that it has other options on the table but no indication as to what these options are this is a very ambitious timeframe that has been stated by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons it says. that by the end of march next year most of

syria's chemical weapons will have been destroyed in the end of june all of them will have been destroyed but again it seems that it's facing an uphill battle not least of all with the decision as to whether in fact to destroy these weapons. political analyst chris bambery thinks e.u. nations are actually disappointed that the deal with syria seems to be succeeding the norwegians say they don't have the expertise and the ability to dismantle the chemical weapons i would ask you if the richest one of the richest countries in europe don't have the expertise and knowledge to do this how do you expect the poorest country in europe to do this kind of smacks of a colonial mentality that somehow we're going to dump of these things in albania we're not going to bring them to britain why don't you choose a country which has the expertise for instance in britain there is the aldermaston chemical weapons facility i would trust that and i think it kind of smacks i resent over the fact that really in the end this deal has come or actually putin brokered

a deal our side signed up to and no syria has abided by the agreements over it and i can't hear but feel there's a sort of kind of resentment in european capitals that actually the deal has worked well the e.u. is already being dragged far deeper into the syrian conflict than it ever wanted to be many young europeans have left their homelands to join the jihad ists whose social media campaigns seem to have. some success and those fighters are expected to return home radicalized you counterterrorism coordinator. of says that the trend is deeply disturbing. we are in the process of trying to understand better the reason why so many europeans are going to syria where we start being concerned. and that's what we understand many of the mean the joining. you would get up. to groups which not only wants to work through

a sad but the global jihad really wreak. the project if i get out and before we think i think we'd see that in the future but many of them would get back in europe much more radical the means by. recruit other day meet even directed want to attack in europe. iraq remains on the savage trail of daily sectarian bloodshed. coming up as every new dawn means more deaths for the iraqis and some experts think the political instability created by the war is fueling terrorist groups. one ton of mowbray reached a grim milestone this week marking twelve years of torture scandal and scrutiny three dozen former generals and admirals of the united states military used the occasion to call for its closure labeling it a betrayal of american values or he's an associate churkin to brings us her final

report from guantanamo. when it comes to this prison the numbers speak for themselves since being set up after the attacks of nine eleven a total of seven hundred seventy nine hundred have been held at guantanamo today one hundred sixty four people remain over half of them have been long cleared for release but remain locked up a total of six people is currently under trial alleged prisoners of war brought here since two thousand and two removed from the battlefield of america's ever expanding war on terror it's both the policy of the u.s. not to hold anyone longer than necessary but we also know that whenever we release someone we assume a richness over a period of more than a decade the majority of detainees held here have been set free and if the men of guantanamo are really these superhuman monsters you know the worst of the worst quote there cheney. they would have been really. most of those still kept locked up

have not been charged and are being held indefinitely what sort of a black hole of the weak system where the president of the united states simply refuses to say the innocent but u.s. officials say the law of war brings behind this barbed wire the idea that in a war when you capture folks you as the capturing authority are permitted to hold people during the duration of hostilities. when hostilities and or if there's no longer any purpose legitimate purpose to to hold them and they must be released a tiny problem the war on terror has no geographic borders with men once held here repeat treated to a wide array of countries. who are only specific to guantanamo you can even you couldn't even the case on the u.s. mainland because it would be unconstitutional and illegal the war on terror also has no end in sight and national security is

a popular excuse to simply ignore the law. the spite the rhetoric really isn't about national security or prisoners being so dangerous that they can't possibly be released and that can't be true after being locked up the legal process if any moves at a glacial pace in two thousand and twelve five detainees were transferred to had completed their military commission sentence two were court ordered released. detainees been repatriated and one was a suicide over the years countless detainee claims of mistreatment and abuse dozens of suicide attempts mass hunger strikes lost patience and hope just this year the majority of the prison population refused to eat for six months street only to be force fed the. mandate that we have is being able to provide adequate nutrition to preserve life washington has appointed a new envoy to close a camp that is a dark spot on america's image this comes after a mass hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that some

have dubbed the gulag of our times even if close to it seems. to mean a state and us history forever it's very easy to end one ton of right you release the men that you're not prosecuting. and as you said only six men are being prosecuted right now the military prosecutor has made clear that he intends to prosecute a few more but he's also made clear that it won't be more than a few more barack obama promised to close the notorious facility on day one of his presidency he's now in his second term it's only a president can do it and the idea that it's you know that it's congress's fault is just not correct it is the president the top holding these men in detention some president has to come in and this. it's hard to tell right now exactly how one will be down here doing this mission.

and. guantanamo bay cuba. locking people up might seem like an unlikely way to get rich but seems to be working out well for certain u.s. companies enter the private prison complex the industry lobbying washington to make even the largest offenses punishable with as much time on the inside as possible. in the two thousand and fourteen sochi olympic torch is safely back on earth after a unique spacewalk and it's now ready to get back on the road in the longest ever relay. this week saw a heated debate in the u.k. over a proposed law that could land people in jail for annoying be a we are the new bill would make it easier for local councils to break up peaceful protests and vague wording means it can be interpreted in many different ways if

passed it will become an offense to threaten to be a nuisance to other people as activists carry on mendoza says this could seriously undermine freedom of speech. attempting to do is give to police. to make any lawful protest immediately illegal simply because i quote this directly from the legislation may has always like. nuisance or annoyance and as you can imagine the whole point of protest is to cause nuisance an annoyance is to get in the way to disrupt people in their ordinary daily lives so that you can have them focus on an otherwise ignore. issue which is really important. always more stories on our website including the space spectacle of the decade and annual meteor shower has been lighting up the sky so you can head to our to dot com to read about a spectacle the likes of which have not been seen since two thousand and two.

also there are a child's dream come true a five year old leukemia survivor becomes his favorite superhero for one day thanks to a san francisco wish fulfillment foundation that and much more of. the u.k. is adding to its arsenal of tactics illegals mobile phones are being bombarded with tax stelling them to go home but some of those messages are reaching the wrong recipients as artie's lower smith reports. your phone is a text message a friend. or your mom just checking your ok but no it's the home office telling you you are illegal in this country and have to leave this is the textbook we got fair enough if he was illegal but he's not and he doesn't even know how they got his details i have been a british citizen for at least for this country so.

it's all part of a government campaign to weed out illegals first round threatening. and now threatening texts although the home office denies sending one to chan it's triggered two hundred complaints but the government defends the program we are taking proactive steps to contact individuals who record show have novell it right to be in the u.k. some of which date back to december two thousand and eight we believe it's right to enforce the immigration rules chan who's an immigration case officer reckons it won't have any effect on genuine illegals they'll just get a new sim card but will intimidate and alienate entirely legitimate community pointing to what we're not welcome in this country chinatown in london's west end is where the majority of china's clients work and he says several of them have

themselves received messages from the hope that together with a series of surprise raids on restaurants by the u.k. border agency makes the u.k. a pretty scary place to be chinese or indeed any kind of ethnic minority at the moment bans texts and raids all add up say activists to an anti immigrant campaign and jeremy corbyn m.p. who represents a launch multicultural constituency says we can expect to see more of it as the general election approach. and it's essentially a battle for political ground between the right wing conservatives in the far right ukip and it's a pretty unseemly image that we're getting this is electioneering paid for by the taxpayer nose strike rate data is available yet for the forty thousand text messages that it's all day the home office reports just eleven illegal immigrants have gotten him as a result of that it's cheaper than full simply removing them apparently but at the

cost of the good will of immigrant communities country whites laura smith r.t. . charlie kimber from the u.k. socialist workers party told r.t. that the government is trying to make scapegoats out of immigrants to distract attention from its own failures i think it's a very dangerous and toxic policy and in some ways is a throwback to the racist and fascist policies of the one nine hundred thirty s. i think we're seeing a two pronged attack one is to strike fear to intimidate immigrants to tell them they're not welcome here and indeed perhaps more important from the government's terms is to offer our immigrants as a scapegoat for the rest of the population to say that there are real problems in society bad housing lack of jobs no future for young people and instead of blaming those who are really responsible the politicians the big

businessmen and the bankers instead we're encouraged to blame on neighbor workmate someone at school with us. farmers in france are struggling to make ends meet. and that's forcing many to take drastic action in the face of mounting debt next hour to find out why the suicide rate among agricultural workers is skyrocketing. also bruised and battered by allegations of connections to the criminal underworld bitcoin is struggling to improve its reputation next hour our teammates and the people thinking outside the box or using the crypto currency to do good. the deadly spiral of violence is far from over in iraq with more than one hundred thirty civilians killed there this week alone bombings and shootings are claiming dozens of lives every day as security forces seem unable to withstand the terrorist onslaught all that is pushing this year's death toll towards eight thousand the

highest figure since two thousand and eight a political refugee from saddam hussein's regime ramadani thinks the political chaos is creating fertile ground for terrorist groups. the united states wanted to separate told the iraqi forces and to play on sectarian divisions and divisions exasperating i'm not sure of the difference is only venting them and trying to muster t m clashes but there is also this presence of the terrorist organizations which which is. between these political organizations and groups presented with. here at r t we've launched a special project documenting the violence in iraq this year at the website address that you can see now the bottom of your screen you can follow the month by month timeline detailing the major incidents and a casualty numbers. i

i i . i. and crime does pay it turns out and it's america's burgeoning a private prison industry that's cashing in business has been booming for years now and paying for a monumental lobbying campaign calling for even petty crimes to be punished with hard time as artie's more important i explained there's a huge conflict of interest there. corrections corporation of america is the hilton of the private prison industry a multibillion dollar business that's getting rich off punishment we are c.c.a.

the more people locked up behind bars and the longer they stay there the more money c.c.a. makes last year the company banked a reported one point seven billion dollars they are fully aware of the reality which is that they need massive are serious and in order to stay in business they need excessive sentences for nonviolent crime so yes they push for legislation that will sure more and more people are in their cities with more than two point zero young people currently incarcerated the united states trumps china russia and the rest of the world in the number of prisoners doing time about half of those in u.s. jails are in for nonviolent offenses since one nine hundred ninety america's private prison population has increased sixteen hundred percent the war on drugs mandatory sentencing and a broken immigration policy have forced more people into prison c.c.a. has roughly ninety thousand prison beds in twenty states jesse lava from the

watchdog group beyond bars says many of the companies contracts guarantee occupancy lock up quotas basically say if you're a private person and you have a contract with say or a local government you have a guaranteed number of people in your facility crime goes down with it doesn't matter it's as clear as are still on the hook when the government is still on the hook for filling up your prisons. in the land of the free it is hard to expect the prison population to decrease as long as corporations continue profiting by keeping people locked up reporting from new york marina port ny all are to. hard to spoke to a man who spent a decade behind bars in both private and public jails and is now a human rights advocate alex friedman told us that private prisons are all about profit not rehabilitating criminals. i served six years at a privately operated prison as part of the ten years total that i spent

incarcerated and my experience is privately operated prison pretty much is what led me on to a career if you will fighting against private prison industry it is a very drastic experience people come out of prison generally worse than they went in to get the isolation due to the lack of resources and rehabilitation programs in place and what that means of course is that when they get out they are more likely to be honest and to recidivate combat and that benefits no one except for companies like c.c.a. because if you profit from incarceration then the more people you have locked up the more money you can. now take a look at some other international news in brief for you this hour a protest against police brutality in turkey ended with officers directing water cannons on demonstrators with at least one woman in the rally was organized in support of a fourteen year old boy who was allegedly put into a coma after being hit in the head with a gas in may and june saw

a string of similar episodes millions took part in anti-government demonstrations all over the country. you fighting has broken out in libya leaving at least one person dead in the east of the chapel the clashes erupted between fighters from the coastal city of misrata who have set up in tripoli local militia men. forty three protesters that died when they marched on the headquarters of the main armed group from misrata before coming under fire the government has failed to rein in militias in libya two years on from the revolution that overthrew colonel gadhafi. in the bulgarian city of plovdiv the country's largest opposition party has staged a mass rally urging the government to step down thousands of people have joined the demonstrations accusing the leadership which took office in may of the. corruption and calling for an early election people of also marched in support of the

government in other places across bulgaria the nation among the poorest in the european union has seen a number of political crisis over the last year with frequent protests calling for political reforms. tens of thousands of people have protested in italy demanding millions of tons of industrial waste be cleaned up many held up pictures of friends and family they say have developed cancer because of the pollution recent tests show it's poisoned the local water supplies it was a blower from a local mafia syndicate the morra as alleged that the group has organized the illegal dumping of waste for years there. on monday the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympic torch came back to earth from the most unusual leg of its relay and had spent three days on the international space station was even taken out for a first ever spacewalk parties with the friends watched the journey. right here in mission control when the big red letters landed flashed on the screen

a huge round of applause went up to see the torch back safely here on earth with three crew members russian cosmonauts fyodor yurchikhin american karen nyberg and italian luca parmitano now we watched as the capsule broke through the atmosphere and that large parachute opened up over the skies of kazakstan as it came hurdling back toward earth the torch has been in space before but it's never been taken on a space walk and that's exactly what occurred blasted off from the back door cosmodrome on thursday made it safely up to the eye assess nine crew members up there and then it was taken out on a spacewalk on saturday by two cars minot's we were here live watching that it was very exciting to see the engineers actually walk walk the cosmonauts through the steps on how to get around the i assessed with that torch in hand of course it was not lit but nonetheless the spirit of unity and sportsmanship was up there on the i s s in the form of that torch next it plans to go to the beautiful area out in the

eastern part of russia and it's going to go to the bottom of lake baikal it's going to go to the top of europe's highest peak mount elbrus and it's going to continue on on this longest relay and olympic torch history and all the way to saatchi in february something that we're all watching and enjoying a lot but certainly this detour to outer space was something very momentous and historic to see happen. more news is coming your way in about thirty minutes time with under former stay with us watching or treat. deliberate torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred and twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand be.